 Bible Screen powered by Faithlife PLEASE! Forward this page so others will be Blessed! New page: Conquering Doubt God Is Faithful to Keep Us What ever you do, do it for the Honor and Glory of God. If it does not Honor and Glorifies God, then don't do it! For it becomes a sin. This is a true relationship with God. Share this link for others to Rejoice and be blessed in The Lord. DON'T! LET PAST SINS WEIGH YOU DOWN, REJOICE CHILDREN, REJOICE!!!! The Measure of Grace “Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.” - Romans 5:20 God will lavish grace upon sinners who are truly repentant. Did you ever sin so terribly that you felt, I really blew it this time. There’s no way God would want to forgive me now? It’s easy sometimes to let our past sins be a constant burden to us, even after we’ve confessed and repented. Paul has comfort for those who feel this way, and that comfort is founded on the power and measure of God’s grace to us. Before his conversion, Paul (then known as Saul) persecuted the church mercilessly (see Acts 8:3 and 9:1-2). He was “a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor” (1 Tim. 1:13; see also Gal. 1:13). If anyone could be beyond grace, it was Paul. But God intervened and saved him (Acts 9:3-19). Why? “For this reason,” Paul says, “I found mercy, in order that in me as the foremost [sinner], Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience, as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life” (1 Tim. 1:16). If God would forgive Paul, He will forgive anyone who will confess their sins and repent. If He would show abundant grace to a violent unbeliever, He will also shower grace upon His penitent children. God is not stingy with grace. Paul celebrates God’s saving “grace, which He freely bestowed on us” (Eph 1:6), and “the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us” (vv. 7-8). Speaking of sustaining grace, Paul says, “God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed” (2 Cor. 9:8). Notice the words Paul uses: “all grace,” “abound,” “all sufficiency,” “everything,” “abundance,” “every good deed.” God’s grace is inexhaustible and is given so freely that words cannot express it fully. Great sins require great grace, but God will give super-abundant grace to those who seek forgiveness, for “where sin increased, grace abounded all the more” (Rom. 5:20). Don’t let your past sins weigh you down; learn to rest upon God’s super-abundant grace. Suggestions for Prayer: Ask God to teach you to understand His grace more fully and help you forget “what lies behind” (Phil. 3:13). For Further Study: Read Romans 6. What is Paul’s argument here? How are we to live now that we have received God’s grace? LORD BLESS YOU!!! “Enjoying God’s Forgiveness”“In Christ we have…the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of [God's] grace, which He lavished upon us” (Eph. 1:7-8) In Christ we have infinite forgiveness for every sin – past, present, and future. On Israel’s Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), the high priest selected two goats. One was sacrificed, the other set free. Before releasing the second goat, the high priest symbolically placed the sins of the people on it by laying his hands on its head. This “scapegoat” was then taken a great distance from camp and released – never to return again (Lev. 16:7-10). The greek word translated “forgiveness” in Ephesians 1:7 means “to send away.” It speaks of canceling a debt or granting a pardon. Like the scapegoat, Christ carried away our sins on the cross. In Christ, God canceled your debt and pardoned your transgressions, and He did so “according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon [you]” (v.8). That means you have infinite forgiveness, because God’s grace is infinite. You cannot sin beyond God’s grace, because where sin abounds, grace super-abounds (Rom. 5:20). God delights in lavishing His grace upon you. Such grace is overflowing and cannot be contained. You are forgiven for every sin – past, present, and future. You will never be condemned by God or separated from Him (Rom. 8:1-2, 31-39). Even when you fail, God doesn’t hold your sins against you. Christ bore them all so that you might know the joy and peace that freedom from sin and guilt brings. Let the reality of God’s grace fill your heart with joy and assurance. Let the responsibility of glorifying Him fill you with awe and reverence. Let this day be a sacrifice of praise and service to Him. Suggestions for Prayer: Thank God for His infinite grace and forgiveness. ~ Look for opportunities to extend forgiveness to others. For Further Study: Read Matthew 18:21-35. ~ What characteristic marked the wicked slave? ~ What was the kings response to the wicked slaves actions? ~ What point was Jesus making? How does it apply to you? by John MacArthur"Take the helmet of salvation" (Eph. 6:17). Doubt comes to Christians in many ways. After you've sinned, your conscience might hiss at you, saying, "Surely you're not a Christian. Why would God save you anyway? You don't deserve His mercy. You're not good enough. How presumptuous to think God could ever use you!" Such doubts are common among Christians who focus on their performance rather than God's power. All too often we're quick to acknowledge God's power to save us but slow to understand His power to keep us. To complicate matters, many Christians believe they can lose their salvation, so they live in constant fear of falling away from the faith. Still others have never learned what Scripture teaches about their security in Christ. They're so intent on pleasing God through their own efforts that they lose sight of grace and drift into a subtle works- righteousness mentality. Your performance doesn't determine your standing in Christ; your standing in Christ determines your performance. Good works are the necessary result of salvation (Eph. 2:10) but they don't save you or keep you saved. That's God's work. Jude said, "Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy" (v. 24). "Able" in that verse translates a Greek word that speaks of power. "Keep" literally means "to secure in the midst of an attack." "Stumbling" refers to falling into sin. Together they say that God is powerful enough to prevent you from stumbling into sin and falling away from Him--no matter how intense Satan's attacks might be. He will continue to protect and cleanse you until the day you enter His glorious heaven perfected. Sin is a serious issue and you should never take it lightly. But when you do sin, remember that as a believer you're immediately cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ (1 John 1:7). So always confess your sins and turn from them, but never doubt God's power or willingness to keep you saved. Trust in His grace, not in your ability to perform. Suggestions for Prayer: Praise the Lord for continually cleansing your sin. For Further Study: Memorize Jude 24-25 and recite it often as a reminder of God's power and majesty. Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. (Jude 1:24, 25 ESV) would God save you anyway? You have a calling that cannot be revoked! REJOICE!!!! “Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us . . .” - Ephesians 3:20 Through the Holy Spirit, God gives His children all the spiritual power they will ever need to live the Christian life. It’s a joy to know that spiritual gifts are not like toys whose packages say “batteries required.” What the Spirit provides is not dependent on perishable batteries for power. Instead, when the Spirit secures our new life in Christ, He also empowers and strengthens us with every spiritual resource we’ll ever need to serve Christ and minister to others. The Holy Spirit draws from an infinite supply of strength and power, as Paul indicates in Ephesians 3:20. In verse 16 he had just prayed that the Ephesians would “be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man.” Paul was certain that God’s Spirit can do far more in the lives of believers than most of us ever imagine. So many of us don’t get past the phrase “to Him who is able,” and with that failure we limit how much the Holy Spirit can do in and through us. Paul had much more than a theoretical understanding of the Spirit’s infinite power supply—he experienced it firsthand. Even when he was stretched to the limit physically and spiritually, he said, “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed” (2 Cor. 4:8-9). We can’t attribute his inner perseverance to any other source than the Holy Spirit. No matter how difficult or discouraging our own circumstances become, we have the very same Spirit. If we’re hindered, we don’t have to be frustrated. If we’re puzzled, we don’t have to be in despair. If we’re persecuted, we don’t have to face it alone. If we’re dying from a physical disease, we can be alive in heart and spirit. Our outer person might be exhausted and hard-pressed, but we have the assurance that our inner self is being renewed with fresh strength daily from the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 4:16). Suggestions for Prayer: Thank God today that even before your life encounters a crisis, you have the Holy Spirit as a source of strength and power to help meet that challenge. For Further Study: Moses was uncertain that he could or would be empowered for God’s ministry. Read Exodus 3:1—4:17. What excuses did Moses raise? How did God deal with each one? by John MacArthur Lovingly, Lord Bless my Royal Family For Eternity + 1 Day Maximiliano EVER WONDER, IF YOU ARE GOD'S ELECT? If you have received Jesus Christ as your Savior, trusting Him alone for salvation, believing that His sacrifice is the full payment for your sins – congratulations, you are one of the elect. Link to: GOD'S CALLING TO YOU! Read and PRAISE In addition, AWESOME MESSAGE OUR PRAYERS "I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications" (Dan. 9:2-3).Have you ever wondered if it's biblical to pray for things that God has already promised in His Word to do? Is it proper to pray, say, for the salvation of sinners, knowing that God will redeem all the elect anyway, or for Christ's return, knowing that it is a sure thing? Daniel gives us a clear answer. God prophesied through Jeremiah that the Babylonian Captivity would last seventy years (Jer. 25:11-12). When Daniel read that prophecy, he realized that the time was near for his people to return to their homeland. That inspired him to pray fervently. In Daniel 9:19 he cries out, "O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Thine own sake, O my God, do not delay." He was in tune with God's Word and understood that somehow his prayers were part of God's plan. The exact relationship between God's sovereignty and our prayers is a mystery, but it is clear that somehow God's Word and our prayers are co-laborers in achieving God's will. Like Daniel, you and I live in a time when many of God's promises seem near to fulfillment. Never before have world events pointed so dramatically to the nearness of the return of our Lord. Consequently, this is not the time for complacency or over-enthusiastic speculation. It is the time for careful Bible study and fervent prayer. Suggestions for Prayer:
Jeremiah 24:1 - 25:13 gives some background to Judah's captivity in Babylon. After reading those verses, answer these questions:
GRACE IS ENDING, ARE YOU IN? PRAY FOR GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO WORK IN YOUR HEART. From Strength for Today by John MacArthur BLESS THE LORD, OH MY SOUL! Good morning brothers and sisters, I pray that you are rejoicing in the Lord today, and every day hereafter. When you truly repent to The Lord confessing all your sins, sin's weight is lifted off your shoulders. And even though, we go through trials and tribulations, we rejoice in the wonderful hope of our Lord Jesus Christ and Savior. ALWAYS REMEMBER, ALWAYS!!! Deut. 31:8 It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." REJOICE!!! Link to WORRY FREE SPIRITUAL RESTORATION HAVE A BLESSED DAY!!! REJOICE IN THIS: John 6:37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. We all know God the Holy Spirit quickens our hearts unto repentance. We receive the gift of faith from God the Father, a perseverant faith from an eternal faithful God. That is an awesome precious gift, to rejoice upon. We should rejoice upon the fact that God knows us, from eternity past, and gave us, to JESUS. And JESUS will not cast us out. Never to doubt our salvation. Even if we are grieved by trials. Once saved, always saved. But this does not give us license to sin. In other words, we will not, deliberately sin against God. Yet we live in a sinful flesh, if and when we do sin, (I personally come to learn that, sin by definition is, what ever we do, we do it for the Honor and Glory of God. If it does not Honor God, it's a sin.) we confess our sins to God. WE HONOR ABBA FATHER THAT WAY, since we despise sin, like our Daddy does. We have an advocate, 1John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. (AMEN!). Romans 8:26, 27 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And He who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. God the Holy Spirit will energize you. REJOICE Trials will come, you are not alone, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit will empower you. You are, secured by the Trinity. LORD BLESS YOU!!!! 12/10/14 REJOICE, BE BLESSED John 10:27-30 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one." The saints will always persevere. Going through the sanctification process, we go through trials which in turn serves a lesson from God, to strengthen our faith. The same faith which is a gift from God. Once we accept the sacrifice of Jesus, we are indeed saved. Therefore when trials come by, the only way to get over it, is through it. Don't think of avoiding it, rejoice in The Lord through trials with continual prayers, you will draw nearer to God, this is perseverance of the saints. It gives you endurance to the end. And no one or any trials will snatch you from the hands of God. REST ASSURE THAT WE SHALL MEET IN THE MILLENIUM KINGDOM.NEVER DOUBT YOUR SALVATION. REJOICE IN THE LORD, HE IS WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES. WELCOME TRIALS, TRUSTING IN THE LORD IN FERVENT PRAYER AND SEE HOW THE LORD WALKS THROUGH YOUR STORMS, TO GET THE HONOR AND GLORY. THIS FORTIFIES YOUR FAIFTH, GOD'S GIFT TO YOU, "HIS FAIFTH". A PERSEVERING FAIFTH. THIS IS PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS. GOD BLESS YOU, I DON'T KNOW YOU, AND I LOVE YOU, GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT INDWELLS IN ME PRODUCED SO MUCH LOVE. THE EXPECTANCY OF THE MILLENIUM KINGDOM IS EXHILARATING, AND THE THOUGHT OF MEETING YOU IS EXCITING. AND TOGETHER WE WILL WORSHIP OUR "LORD JESUS". NEVER DOUBT YOUR SALVATION, GOD KNOWS YOU AND ME, SINCE ETERNITY PAST. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Romans 11:29 YOU ARE SAVED!!!! REJOICE IN THIS THROUGH TRIALS!!! BLESSED BE ABBA FATHER, BLESSED BE OUR LORD JESUS AND BLESSED BE GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN!!! MAXIMILIANO LINK TO: THE MILLENIUM KINGDOM Share this link for others to Rejoice and be blessed in The Lord. AN ENCOURAGEMENT. LORD BLESS YOU Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Psalms 136:1 It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." Deuteronomy 31:8 Special Message tonight 03/03/15 ON ANWERED PRAYERS, READ AND REJOICE IN YOUR ASSURANCE IN THE LORD. APPROPIATING HIS POWER THROUGH OBEDIENCE. Confidence and assurance 1 John 3:22King James Version (KJV)22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight You can know you're a believer if God answers your prayers. The only way that can happen is if you keep His Commandments, and the only way you can do that is if you belong to Him. As John says in verse 24 the one who keeps His commandments abides in Him. In a similar passage John said, 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him. 1 John 5:13-15 God always answers prayers that are according to His will. Obedient believers know His will as stated in His word, and tailor their prayers accordingly. The answers that result bring about confidence and assurance. God is more eager to answer the prayers of His children than they are to ask. I suspect there's a certain disappointment in God's heart because He would do so much more than we ever ask Him to do. Think of the blessings and assurance we missed out on! No there are many people who prayed to God, but don't even know the God their praying to or what His will is. God is under no application to answer such prayers. We learn from the Psalms that He Doesn't even hear them in (PS 66:18) But those of us who see answers to our prayers can know we have eternal life. One of the many good reasons to pray fervently and faithfully is to enjoy the assurance that answer prayers brings. By John MacArthur Lovingly in the abundance Love of our Lord, Maximiliano Forward this page so others will be Blessed! LORD BLESS YOU DEARLY AND RICHLY BELOVED. PERSEVERE IN THE FAITH WHICH IS YOUR GIFT FROM GOD. WE WILL MEET IN THE MILLENNIUM KIMGDOM. PRAISE GOD FOR HIS PLAN OF SALVATION, PRAISE LORD JESUS FOR EXECUTING THAT PLAN AND PRAISES TO GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR EXECUTING THAT PLAN. Special Message Forward so others will be Blessed! NEVER DOUBT YOUR SALVATION!!!! 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. - Romans 8:28-30 Paul in the epistle to the Romans is discussing the doctrine of justification by grace through faith, that is the truth by which we are saved. And he's discussing it in all of its features. He talks about man's condition in sin in the first three chapters, and starting toward the end of chapter 3 and all the way through chapter 7 he talks about justification and its fruits, or its effects. Then in chapter 8 he gives to us the great reality that justification is eternal, that whoever the Lord justifies He glorifies, that anyone that is saved in the beginning will be saved in the end. In other words, that we are eternally secure and will persevere in faith to the end. That great truth of chapter 8 is summarized in those verses. They sum up the whole doctrine of eternal security. "Whoever the Lord foreknew He predestined, whoever He predestined He called, whoever He called He justified, and whoever He justified He glorified." And nobody is lost in the process and that is because "God causes all things to work together for their good." That is the sum of this wonderful text. Justification is eternal. Justification and its eternal character is secured to the believer by the marvelous ministry of the Holy Spirit whose work is outlined throughout this chapter. It is the Spirit who secures us in a no-condemnation status. We will never be condemned, we are secured eternally as justified in a no-condemnation status because of the work of the Holy Spirit. NEVER DOUBT YOUR SALVATION!!!! HAVE A BLESSED DAY! Jeremiah 31:3“I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Jeremiah 31:3 And that is the kind of love that God places upon those who belong to Him eternally. God is able to complete what He begins in Philippians chapter 1 and verse 6, "I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you were perfected until the day of Jesus Christ." It is an everlasting work of salvation that God does. Paul says in 2 Timothy 1:12, "I know whom I have believed and am convinced He is able to guard what I've entrusted to Him, namely my soul, until that day." Jude 25, again a wonderful and securing promise that the Lord will keep us in these great words, "To the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty and dominion and authority...why?...because He is able to keep you from stumbling and make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy." Scripture is filled with promises about the eternality of our salvation, that whom the Lord saves He secures forever. And, of course, that is what we have been seeing in this great chapter. It all began in verse 1, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus." If you're in Christ, if you've been placed in Christ, into union with Christ in faith in Him, there will never be any condemnation. |